J.E. Luebering
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
J.E. Luebering is Vice President, Editorial at Encyclopaedia Britannica. He works with the editors, writers, and researchers who create Britannica's content. He been part of Britannica's editorial team since 2004 in a number of different roles, including copyeditor and subject editor responsible for Britannica's coverage of literature and theater. He has degrees from Kenyon College and the University of Chicago. He lives in Chicago.
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Phillis Wheatley was the first Black woman to become a poet of note in the United States. The girl who was to be named Phillis Wheatley was captured in West Africa and taken to Boston by slave traders in 1761. She was enslaved by a tailor, John Wheatley, and his wife, Susanna. They named her…
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